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Experiences

Ways to spend time with our family

Choose an experience that gives you time to remain with us, participate in daily life, and understand more of the land, sheep, family, and Navajo Nation. Our standard private and signature experiences begin in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where guests arrive, secure their rental vehicle, and begin the journey toward the Navajo Nation. University and organized groups may coordinate a different starting point through a custom program agreement.

A flock of sheep and lambs grazing across a green mountain meadow with pines and yellow wildflowers.
The flock grazing summer meadow after the move up, in greener, mountainous country.

Private Experiences

Four days, Friday through Monday

A seasonal private experience is planned for one private party or small group, scheduled around family availability and your needs, and is more individually tailored than our signature immersion trips. Sheepcamp does not offer one-day private trips. Because of the travel involved, the remoteness of the camp, and the relationship-centered nature of the experience, we want guests to have enough time to settle in, participate, and learn without rushing.

Ponderosa pines above a mountain meadow and pond in late afternoon light.
Summer country, roughly twenty degrees cooler than the canyons. Greener, mountainous, and more alpine.
Select weekends available in 2027

Four-Day Experience: One Night at Sheepcamp

Friday through Monday

  • 1 night camping at Sheepcamp
  • 2 nights in a hotel
  • Sheepcamp activities, meals, conversation, and land-based learning
  • Additional time for Navajo Nation cultural, historical, government, or scenic experiences
A young lamb standing next to its mother inside a shaded pen.
Lambing season at the winter camp, where the pens sit in red sand.
Select weekends available in 2027

Four-Day Experience: Two Nights at Sheepcamp

Friday through Monday

  • 2 nights camping at Sheepcamp
  • 1 night in a hotel
  • More time participating in sheep care, meals, land-based activities, storytelling, and daily camp life
  • Additional Navajo Nation experience based on timing and interests

Our four-day, three-night experiences generally conclude with time in Window Rock, Arizona, including the Navajo Nation capital area and government offices. While meetings with officials are not guaranteed, this part of the visit helps place Sheepcamp within the broader civic, cultural, and contemporary life of the Navajo Nation.

We open a limited number of private weekends each season based on family availability, sheep and land responsibilities, weather, and site conditions. Guests submit an inquiry for an available weekend before a trip is confirmed.

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University and Organized Group Programs

Build a program with us

University, educational, nonprofit, faith-based, alumni, and other organized groups are not limited to the seasonal private experiences. Programs are designed together with you.

Designed together around

  • Academic or program goals
  • Group size
  • Available dates
  • Camping experience
  • Transportation
  • Faculty or staff preferences
  • Desired learning outcomes
  • Available time on the Navajo Nation

Our most frequently used university format has groups arriving Friday, spending two nights at Sheepcamp, and beginning return travel on Sunday.

  1. Friday

    Arrive and travel to Sheepcamp.

  2. Friday and Saturday nights

    Camp at Sheepcamp.

  3. Saturday

    Full day of sheep, land, family, meals, cultural education, and experiential learning.

  4. Sunday

    Complete morning activities and begin return travel.

This is only one model. Some previous educational programs have spent only one day at Sheepcamp as part of a longer Navajo Nation program. Other groups have centered most of their visit around Sheepcamp. No two programs need to look the same. Sheepcamp can serve as the center of an experience or one part of a broader educational journey across the Navajo Nation.

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Custom Southwest Itinerary Planning

Let Us Customize a Broader Navajo Nation and Southwest Journey

Drawing from experience across more than 50 historical, cultural, scenic, educational, and civic sites, we can help shape a thoughtful itinerary around your interests and available time.

Itinerary support may include

  • Timing and realistic travel days
  • Cultural and historical context
  • Navajo Nation government and contemporary Dine life
  • Family-approved locations
  • Lodging considerations
  • Coordination with separately operated destinations

In addition to time at Sheepcamp, we may help guests visit other places that deepen their understanding of Diné history, landscape, community life, and the Navajo Nation more broadly.

Sheepcamp does not own, operate, or provide official tours at outside destinations. We help with planning, timing, context, and coordination. Admission, lodging, permits, commercial tours, and services provided by others remain separate unless specifically included in a written Sheepcamp proposal.

Plan a Custom Navajo Nation Visit

Sample days

How the days usually go

A seasonal private experience generally follows this shape, with travel days on either end. Group programs are arranged differently depending on the time you have.

A tarp-covered shade shelter built of pine posts beside a stone fire pit in a Ponderosa pine forest.
Summer camp among the pines, where much of the day happens. Greener, mountainous, and more alpine.

  1. Day One

    Arrival and Orientation

    Meet the hosts, review safety and cultural expectations, travel to Sheepcamp, become familiar with the site, participate in appropriate camp or sheep-related activities, share a meal, and join an evening conversation.

  2. Day Two

    Sheep, Land, and Family Learning

    Participate in sheep care or land-based work, discuss grazing, water, drought, wool, foodways, oral tradition, and family responsibility, share meals, and complete a guided reflection.

  3. Day Three

    Navajo Nation Government and Contemporary Life

    Time away from camp to learn about Navajo Nation government, sovereignty, treaty relationships, community priorities, and contemporary Diné life. Four-day, three-night experiences generally finish with time in Window Rock, Arizona, near the capital area and government offices. Meetings with officials are not guaranteed.

Activities vary by season, weather, family availability, sheep and land needs, group capacity, and what is appropriate to share. A sample itinerary is not a guarantee that every activity will occur.

Guest and cultural expectations

Come as a guest, walk with us as friends

This is a family place, not a performance. We ask guests to move gently, listen well, and keep the sheep, the land, and everyone safe. The full list of what we ask, along with photography and cultural boundaries, is on one page.

What we ask of guests